Unesco recognises Grasse’s fragrance artisanship as one of the world’s protected treasures Unesco recognises Grasse’s fragrance artisanship as one of the world’s protected treasures The UN cultural agency adds the skills linked to cultivating flowers and blending perfumes in farming area near Cannes to its protected treasures
Each year, the Unesco Committee meets to evaluate nominations and decide whether or not to include the intangible cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage proposed by the States Parties to the 2003 Convention.
This Wednesday, November 28, a specialized committee of Unesco meeting in Port-Louis, capital of Mauritius, decided to register the know-how related to the perfume of Grasse in the Alpes-Maritimes.
This know-how covers three different aspects, explains Unesco in a statement: "the culture of the perfume plant, the knowledge of the raw materials and their transformation and the art of composing the perfume".
